[ros-dev] Getting a Windows Server 2003 license for the project?

[Adam]

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:19:52 +1100, Colin Finck <colin at reactos.org> wrote:

> Adam wrote:
>> Using an OEM license on a computer that the software has not originally
>> been distributed with is not legal  (confirmed with a call to MS [...]
>
> Of course, this is what every software vendor wants. But gladly, this  
> decision is not just up to Microsoft, but the local jurisdictions. And  
> at least in Germany, Microsoft has lost a case related to OEM software  
> in court (see http://tinyurl.com/dfl6u). Later court cases also allowed  
> unbundling single licenses of volume license contracts. See  
> http://www.usedsoft.com/rechtslage/urteile.html for a list of German  
> cases related to this.
> The appropriate German law behind this decision seems to be a ratified  
> EU law, so it should be legal to unbundle licenses in all EU states.

Nice. :)

>> Perhaps you can try Windows Server 200X Web Edition as that is the
>> cheapest.
>
> Now that we only need the Remote Desktop for Administration and no extra  
> Terminal Services, this might indeed be a cheap alternative. But as the  
> Web Edition was only available in volume license contracts, it is quite  
> rare on eBay and other platforms.

ah that explains why I am unable to find it anywhere for purchase. Of  
course you should be able to purchase Windows Server 2008 R2 standard with  
downgrade rights to Windows Server 2003 but I am under the impression  
Windows Server 2008 R2 only comes as x64 (or at least, it was going to) so  
you'd probably get 2003 x64 version.

>
> Additionally, I'm not sure about two things: Does its Remote Desktop for  
> Administration also allow two concurrent RDP sessions like the other  
> server editions? And are there any localized versions of it or just an  
> English one with MUI packs? Latter one would be the best for us :-)

Not 100% sure about Windows Server 2003, but Windows Server 2008 (at  
least, when I was playing with the 32-bit one as Windows Server "Longhorn"  
back in 2007) allows up to 2 sessions. That includes the console session.  
I recall that it also allows two RDP sessions, but then nobody can log  
into the console without forcing a termination of one of the sessions, and  
vice versa.

>
>
>> And why the hell would you want a 32-BIT edition of Windows Server 2003?
>
> Because this is still the main target. And as stated, we won't use the  
> server for real serving purposes, but just for development and testing.

ah that explains it.

>
>
> - Colin
>
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